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Israel approves 695 homes in West Bank settlement, outpost
Israel on Wednesday approved the construction of 695 new housing units in and near the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the heart of the West Bank, north-east of Ramallah, a settlement watchdog group said, DPA reported.Some 121 of them already exist - 93 in an outpost, Shvut Rachel, set up just outside the settlement without government authorization, said the Israeli group Peace Now. They were retroactively "legalized" by the Israeli authorities, in a deal negotiated with settler leaders. The remaining 574 units OK'd by a West Bank planning council are yet to be built and need further approval. The United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, Posted by: Steve White 2012-02-23 |
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